European here. They are absolutely not synonymous. Where I grew up liberals are the right wing, with socialists on the left and religious party on the center.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

That's the liberal party, same in Australia.

However, when I say liberal I mean it as an ideology, which is very much leftist:

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

You conveniently cut out the next definition in your page where it says that it is related to liberalism.

And the leftism ideologies isn't simply being open-minded. It is actively promoting new ideas and policies that benefits the citizens. This is why we use the term progressive.

Liberal is firmly center right on the political compass and even the definition you post ad nauseum is indicative of that.

[–] banneryear1868 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You conveniently cut out the next definition

Liberal (adjective): given, used, or occurring in generous amounts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Finally, someone who gets it.

I subscribe to the ideology of liberalism, ie. Whatever it is, make sure you give a lot.

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